Will the Penny Arcade Expo Replace E3 as the Standard

Delivering a show that equates to an experience every gamer dreams of, the Penny Arcade Expo may in fact be the most exalted gaming show/festival in the country right now.

With the death of E3 – or whatever you want to call its current state of affairs – the Penny Arcade Expo is gaming heaven for gamers, developers, publishers and thousands of other people. The evidence of this can be seen with E for All – the only other game show to receive the approval of the ESA– being pushed back to October after it was scheduled to run side-by-side with PAX 2008.

Originally scheduled for August 28-30, E for All is now scheduled for October 3-5 and doesn't have nearly as much support from the publisher and developer aspect as PAX 2008 has.

Well put, it's tough to call whether or not PAX can really replace E3 and as someone who attended both this year (from a journalist side) I would say they accomplish two totally different things. E3 is for journalists and PAX is for the public, simple as that and that is what both should continue doing!